Roberts Rules: No member can be compelled to refrain from
voting. It's common for someone with pecuniary interest to refrain
from voting, but cannot be compelled.

Moved to approve minutes. [Minutes approved.]

4. Treasurer.
A. Our website domain (http://aanc-astronomy.org) is extended to 2011 Dec 24.
B. AANC is now legal. 7 years of filing had not been done. Checks are being issued again.
Our status is: California non-profit. We have California corporation # (7 digit).
We may want to consider getting Federal Non-profit # (501C3)—would take a giant ream of paperwork.

5. Old business
A. Astronomer Request to do Talk & Telescope on (6/30, 7/7, 7/14,
7/21, 7/28, 8/4, 8/11) —get paid $120 ea event. Contact Amy Roe, Ranger
at Pinecrest <aroe at fs.fed.us>
Jim Head agreed to do July 7th, 14th, Aug 4. They still need help for June 30, July 21, July 28, August 11.http://planitarium.net/aanc/events/pinecrest-request.doc

B. Where we are with MeetUp - Mark
Mark will be contacting current and former AANC members and get them
rejoined with AANC and in gear with MeetUp. TAC site is converted to
AANC site. http://www.meetup.com/A-A-N-C/events/past/
Could hand out info on the Meetup at StarBQ, GSSP, ....
Would like to have clubs use and point to Meetup.
Ken: Night Sky Network calendar can be coordinated with MeetUp.
Request for donations is on MeetUp from when Mark was paying for it himself. Donations can now go to AANC.
Public can view the site, but only AANC member organizations can post to
the site. Should non-affiliated amateur astronomers (like those in
TAC) be able to post?
TAC could get melded into AANC as "unaffiliated amateur astronomers".
Richard: it's a good idea to have an "unaffiliated" category of AANC
member.
Mike K: looks like about 30% of the AANC [/TAC] MeetUp members are
somehow AANC and the the rest are general MeetUp folk. Ken: there are
90 members & 3 leaders.
Mark will put together some instructions for how to join AANC MeetUp.

C. Nominations for AANC Awards from AANC member clubs - Alan/Jim
Please voice who you'd like to recognize those who are outstanding and
show continuous support in distinguishing and fostering Amateur
Astronomy.

Commercial: Ron Bissinger (Chief Executive Officer,
Aplegen Inc., the company that took over sbig, Ron detected a planet
using his LX200 using the transit method; nominated by Mike K)

Professional: William Borucki, Principal
Investigator, NASA Kepler Mission; Bill has spoken about this mission to
many clubs over the years; In 1998 he talked at the AANC Everything
under the sun at SMC; Great to see the mission evolve from proposal, to
evaluation (vulcan) to implementation, to results; Has been the source
of many speakers for AANC clubs; nominated by Mike K)

Special: Dave Frey, Peter Schumacher & Doug Smith from SFSA
Telescope Making class for their tireless effort teaching the art of
telescope making and took over for me and John Dobson for the last 4
years; nominated by Ken F)

These awards are approved by the AANC Board (unanimous except for 1 abstention)
Plaques or certificates? Plaques are $150 ea.
Consensus is to do certificates. Ken will see about getting design for
nice certificate. Template that will work for future years would be
ideal.

6. New business
A. FPOA StarBQ is July 25. Jeff Van Cleve is Keynote Speaker on Kepler Mission - FPOA Rep. Please let Rick Morales <rickmorales@charter.net>
know if you are coming and bring a gastronomic-astronomic side or
desert. Sharpen your pencils and don't forget about the famous FPOA
Quiz!

At our last board meeting, it was decided that, after having listened
to members of the Sonoma County Astronomical Society speak on their
Striking Sparks program, the Stockton A.S. would attempt to duplicate
their program. At this point we have three telescopes to be donated for
the project. We will be starting this fall.
We continue to have once a month Friday evening public star parties at
the San Joaquin Delta College Campus. Doing this allows us the use of
the Cleaver Planetarium for meetings if desired. Recent changes to the
planetarium have made it difficult to have standard presentations so
most of our meetings are no held at the Olsen Hall on the University of
the Pacific campus. Meetings are still at 7:30 PM on 2nd Thursday of
the month. Our website URL has been changed to
http://stocktonastro.org/ . Please update your information pages. We
are also doing public star parties at the Oak Grove Regional Park in
north Stockton. We also have two dark sky star parties each month, one
on Hwy 4 near Copperoplis and one near the old Peddler Hill ski area.
check our website for further information.
Programs for the next few months are as follows:
July - Rick Mielbrecht, a member of our club and a former astronomy
teacher at San Joaquin Delta. He recently retired and has been hired to
teach astronomy on various cruise lines. Talk about a dream job! He
will be presenting proposed programs to our members for feedback and
critique.
August - TBA
September - James E. Hetrick, Chair Physics Department, University of
the Pacific, whose topic will be: Astrophotography in Stockton: my first
steps and experiences.
October - Greg Wilhite who will speak on the use of Deep Sky Video Semi Live Viewing.
November - TBA
December - Share and Tell, members will talk about things they have done in the past year.
See you on Sunday at Chabot. Dennis

Beyond Exhibit
Smithsonian's 'Beyond' traveling exhibition at the Petaluma Museum.
Beyond T-Shirts via SCAS are for sale. If you want one let Len know. $15.00 (cost to museum is $10 each plus $5.00 mark up.
These are the best quality T-Shirts that are available. Please email Len Nelson <lennelsn@comcast.net> for AANC participation or a T-shirt inquiry.

Bay Area Science Fest
Requests on Saturday, November 5th, AANC/NSN clubs of the Bay Area to
put on a public star party. This event is expected to be a huge and will
be an excellent time to promote your club via free PR blurbs. Astronomy
and space will be a main theme of this Festival.

There will be events all week, but the three main public festivals will be:
Saturday, October 29th at Cal State East Bay in Hayward
Saturday, November 5th at Infineon Raceway in the North Bay at Sears Point
Sunday, November 6th at AT&T Park in San Francisco.http://www.bayareascience.org/

For the Saturday, November 5th Bay Area Wide event please let Andy Fraknoi <fraknoiandrew@fhda.edu> know that your AANC/NSN club is participating with a short description of what
facility or group you are involved with, and what you might do on that
Saturday night and cc me at <kfrank@astrosociety.org> with Bay
Area Science Fest in the subject line.

Antique Telescope Society Meeting in Tucson
October 28 through October 30, 2011, the Antique Telescope Society will
hold its 20th Annual Convention in Tucson, AZ, with optional tours
planned for the two following days. One of the highlights will occur on
Saturday, October 29, when we will take a VIP tour of Kitt Peak during
the day and have optional observing on Kitt Peak during the evening. In
addition, the program includes a reception on Friday evening and a
banquet on Sunday which will feature a keynote address. The Convention
will also have talks and exhibits. A tour of Steward Mirror Laboratory
is planned for Friday, a tour of the Whipple Observatory on Mount
Hopkins will be held on Monday, and a tour of Mount Graham International
Observatory and its Large Binocular Telescope is planned for Tuesday:http://www.webari.com/oldscope/

RO: opened meeting
Finance summary: about $6300 in bank, funded Striking Sparks with $300
- Last year GSSP contributed $500 to AANC and this year GSSP plans to contribute to FPOA (no AANC donation).
- AANC may not be a legal entity, was suspended for some reason, no supporting docs can be found.
-
states it is more work to be a 501c3 or c7, and AANC may now be
registered as a corporation, waiting for a response from the Attorney
General, to determine AANC's status.
- Then RO raised the issue of nobody stepping up to fill AANC positions, and then many asked what is its purpose.

MW
and KF stated purpose primarily as stated on the AANC website...("The
AANC was created to facilitate the flow of astronomical information
among the various segments of the astronomical community (public,
amateurs, educators, commercial vendors, and professional astronomers)
in the Northern California area. ")

MW: Proposes AANC add the
Meetup service to help make the AANC more efficient, more useful. (
http://www.meetup.com/ ), MW also offers to manage it for the AANC.

MP: suggested using Facebook and twitter too.
KF: two issues, 1) getting volunteers to help AANC, 2) getting the word out
RO: nobody showed up to receive the AANC awards last year, Meetup would be more flexible....
MW. Proposes add Meetup for a 1 year trial.
MK: AANC "Announce List" can be folded into Meetup
RO: Motion to fund Meetup for 1 year at $144
MW: Said other org's such as TAC member list could also be added
MW: Seconds RO's motion to adopt Meetup for 1 year, MW to manage it.

FOR: All responded aye
AGAINST: none
ABSTAINED: none

KF: asks RO to check AANC domain status, thinking only 1 year left. RO agrees.
KF: Grants: The following were submitted to AANC for funding:
MDOA (Mt. Diablo Observatory Association) $600 for a PST solarscope, to be used for public viewing on Mt. Diablo
SFSA $600 for atm materials
SJAA $175 for reimbursement of Calstar insurance.
Discussion followed

(no objection to MDOA and SFSA grants)

MK: Calstar wasn't even announced last year, admittedly the mistake of many, SJAA well funded, doesn't need the grant
MW: Calstar is not a SJAA event.
JH:
Calstar is a regional event, and it sounds like it is more convenient
for SJAA to fund the insurance, and AANC is just reimbursing SJAA.

AG: moves to approve all grants of $1375
MP: seconds the motion

FOR: All responded aye
AGAINST: none
ABSTAINED: RO, MW

KF: (goes through remaining agenda items)

spoke on:

Park closings...

Light Pollution, KF's next goal...

Speakers requested by Pinecrest area US Forest Service , pays 120 per program, seven programs 6/30 to 8/11

Bay area wide Science Fest in October and November, send plan to participate to Andy Fraknoi, and CC Kenneth Frank

MW;
spoke about reviving Group 7 and getting the support of the AANC, ASP,
possible national support to purchase land and provide a regional dark
sky site for astronomers south of San Jose.
KF: suggested that MW make a formal proposal for solicitations.

KF:
brought up the subject of awards, no changes were voted. Clubs are
asked to submit candidates for Amateur, Professional and Commercial
awards.
JH: why not present some awards at the recipient's club or organization.

KF; proposes next meeting June 12

RO: proposes KF be president
MW: seconds.

MK:
brought up the topic of fundraisers. RO said a good way to fund was
through add-on contributions on registration forms for other events,
such as GSSP. All agreed that AANC should concentrate on its
organization before embarking on more ambitious plans.

Meeting adjourned.

Changes/corrections? Please let Alan & Ken know.

Addendum:
Sonoma
County Astronomical Society has made the 2011 Striking Sparks Telescope
awards to 6 Sonoma County students. The students have been
participating in school star parties and public events at the Robert
Ferguson Observatory with their telescopes. We will soon be awarding
the Barlow lenses that AANC donated to the Striking Sparks program.
They need to participate in 5 star parties or events to qualify. Thank
you for this thoughtful donation to Striking Sparks. I look forward to
your continued participation.
---Larry McCune
Striking Sparks Coordinator